Corinth Object: Z 568
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   Z 568
Title:   ROMAN JUG
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   Z
Object Number:   568
Description:   This is the lower part of a small broad jug, standing on a relatively large, edged flat base. It is made of coarse buff clay, pinkish toward the surface, but is well turned, and exhibits the same regular wheel-marks obsrved on Z322. On the base appear string lines, showing how the pot was separated from the wheel. (Blegen Zygouries page 178)
Material:   Coarse buff clay, pinkish towards surface
Condition:   Missing parts. Missing handle and neck
Dimensions Actual:   D: 0.093
Dimensions Preserved:   H: 0.092
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   4th C AD
Findspot Description:   Tomb XIV from the Shaft Graves at Ambelakia hill at Zygouries
Bibliography:   Zygouries page 72; pg 74; fig 174, page 177; page 178
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Blegen, Zygouries: a prehistoric settlement ... 1928